I believe, in a funny way, the job of the novelist is to be out there on the fringes and speaking for an experience that has not really been spoken for.
The poet's spoken discourse often depends on a mystique, on the spiritual freedom that finds itself enslaved on earth.
In this business, there is an insane amount of pressure, spoken and unspoken, to be thin. If you look at some of the television shows, eating disorders become like a competitive thing.
The president said nothing about the views of government in regard to the possibility of Carolinas seceding. This however was frequently spoken of by other statesmen at the North. I think they were unanimous in this, that no army would be sent here.
I am a big one for subtlety and empathy. My dad was softly spoken and didn't carry his honours and accomplishments for everyone to see.
Although spoken English doesn't obey the rules of written language, a person who doesn't know the rules thoroughly is at a great disadvantage.
All my children have spoken for themselves since they first learned to speak, and not always with my advance approval, and I expect that to continue in the future.
The right word fitly spoken is a precious rarity.
It's true that I have spoken about doing a book before, but then everyone you speak to is planning to write a book.
If you see me or another model in a bar, wait until you are spoken to before you speak.
What's hard, it seems, is living up to the words spoken by Jesus Christ, who preached naught but love and mercy and justice and humility.
The way we tell our stories on stage is that we use spoken word to convey action, and in movies, we use visual images to convey action.
The truth which has been spoken too late is more damaging than a lie.
I don't have an English accent because this is what English sounds like when spoken properly.
You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it.
The wise man reveals more than words spoken.
It was a child's awareness, never spoken or even fully acknowledged, but deeply felt.
Secrets, once spoken, have a way of running away from you. They cannot be gathered in again.
The true life is not reducible to words spoken or written, not by anyone, ever.
Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France.
Spoken language's elaborate rhythms and inflections convey more meaning per word than the printed word.
